July 11, 2016

Today we met with Jacek, the geneologist during breakfast. He came with us to a synagogue in Lodz. The rabbis have been using it as a synagogue for the last 20 years. Prior to that it was used as a Jewish Community Center. 

After that we went to the government building where all the historical records are kept on microfilm. Jacek found the birth dates of my mom's family. We finally got her family's true dates of birth. 

We went to the Survivors Park where survivors of Lodz will have a tree planted in honor of them (my mom and aunt). Also a brick with their name will be placed on the ground of the park. Each season we will get a photo of what the tree will looks like. 

After that we went to Karol Poznanski's Palace. He was the largest textile manufacturer in all of Poland. We toured his mansion. It is now a museum with artifacts from well known famous residents of Lodz.

After that we met Charles Silow good friend Mirka and her family at Manufactura. It is a huge mall now but it  used to be a textile manufacturing plant. We ate dinner at Anatafkwa.

Mirka invited us over to see her lovely home and meet her family.